It was in the 60s that America went downhill. In that period, it was all about love, peace, and no war. All the "peace, brother" people were taking drugs because they thought it would calm them down or something of the sort... you sort of get the gist.
"If you throw an object in the air, its shadow gets bigger. So, if you put a baseball next to the sun, its shadow would block out the Earth." ~One of my Friends